1, Filtration: http://www.cfsfiltration.com/www.cfsfiltration.coms/info.php?p=5 - 0.22 um latex spheres = 220 nm
2. Centrifugation: http://bioweb.wku.edu/courses/Biol502/centrifugation.html
| "particle" | size |
|
rock |
big |
|
pebble |
not as big |
|
sand |
0.06 – 2mm = 60,000 - 2,000,000 nm |
|
dirt |
smaller |
|
pollen |
10 – 100 um - = 10,000 - 100,000 nm |
|
milk |
100 nm (casein particle)-1000 nm (fat drop) |
|
Human cell |
10,000 nm |
|
colloid |
1-1000 nm |
|
bacterium |
1000 nm |
|
220 nm (0.22 um) filter |
|
|
virus |
50 nm; influenza 120 nm diam |
|
protein |
15 nm |
|
water |
0.3 nm |
3. Distillation
http://www.chemheritage.org/EducationalServices/pharm/antibiot/activity/distil.htm